Uefa targets top clubs in new war on drug cheats

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BRITAIN’S leading clubs face a second set of drug-testers descending on their training grounds next season after Uefa announced yesterday that out-of-competition doping controls will be introduced for Champions League participants.

Testing already takes place away from matches at domestic level — as Rio Ferdinand and Manchester United are fully aware — but now the European governing body is stepping up its anti-doping push, meaning possible extra checks on players from Chelsea, Arsenal, United, Everton, Liverpool, Rangers and Celtic.

The announcement came on the day that the FA revealed that Olafur Gottskalksson, the former Torquay United goalkeeper, has been suspended